List of One Piece chapters (595–806)

Sixty-first volume of One Piece, released in Japan by Shueisha on February 4, 2011

One Piece is a shōnenmanga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda that has been translated into various languages and spawned a substantial media franchise. It follows the adventures of the seventeen-year-old boy Monkey D. Luffy, whose body gained the properties of rubber when he accidentally ate a supernatural fruit, as he travels the oceans in search of the series' eponymous treasure and organizes a diverse crew of pirates, named the Straw Hats. In Japan, the series is published by Shueisha – chapterwise in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 22, 1997 and in tankōbon (collected volumes making up from about 10 to 12 chapters) format since December 24, 1997.[1]

In North America, Viz Media currently serializes One Piece in its digital anthology magazine Weekly Shonen Jump simultaneously with Japan. It originally published its English language adaptation of the series in the now-defunct print anthology Shonen Jump since the magazine's launch in November 2002. It publishes tankōbon format since June 2003, and also publishes them digitally through [vizmanga.com].[2][3][4] In the United Kingdom, the tankōbon were published by Gollancz Manga, starting March 2006,[5] until Viz Media took over after the fourteenth volume.[6][7] In Australia and New Zealand, the English volumes are distributed by Madman Entertainment since November 10, 2008.[8]

"Romance Dawn: For the New World" (ROMANCE DAWN for the new world —新しい世界への冒険の夜明け—,"Romance Dawn: For the New World: Atarashii Sekai e no Bōken no Yoake")

"Downward Ho!" (下舵いっぱい!!,"Shimo Kaji Ippai!!")

"Keep That in Mind" (心に留めておけ,"Kokoro ni Tometeoke")

Before being separated, the Straw Hat Pirates had planned to meet up after three days. Captain Monkey D. Luffy's message amends that to two years. Although they wish to reunite with Luffy and comfort him about his brother, Portgas D. Ace's, death, they instead take advantage of the opportune locales that Bartholomew Kuma sent them all to improve their skills. Luffy himself trains with Silvers Rayleigh. Two years later, the Straw Hats gather on the archipelago where they were last together. A similar Marine force that caused them difficulties years ago tries to detain them, but because of their growth they easily flee. Together again, they resume their adventure by setting sail for Fishman Island, an underwater island.

As they near Fishman Island, the Straw Hats are attacked by the New Fishman Pirates, a crew of hostile fishmen, and fall overboard. Though separated again, the Straw Hats are able to make it to shore thanks to the friendlier fishmen and mermaids of the island. Luffy immediately begins to seek out the rest of his crew, while reconnecting with friends he has not seen in two years and exploring the island. When Madam Sharley, a fortuneteller, predicts that Luffy will destroy the island, the Straw Hats are invited to the royal palace. However, it is revealed to be a plot to detain them and save the island. When the Straw Hats assembled there learn of this they are forced to defeat the island's king Neptune and his royal guard and take control of the palace to avoid capture.

Vander Decken IX, a fishman with the power of the Mark-Mark Fruit, and Hody Jones, the leader of the New Fishman Pirates, join forces to start the complete destruction of Fishman Island. Meanwhile, Luffy befriends the island's princess Shirahoshi. Luffy and most of the Straw Hats flee and eventually regroup with Jimbei. They learn that Jimbei released Arlong into the East Blue, and also learn of the island's history. In a flashback, the Sun Pirates, a pirate group led by Fisher Tiger which includes Jimbei and Arlong, become infamous. After discovering a enslaved girl named Koala, the pirates travel to her hometown. However, Tiger dies after being attacked by the Marines on a trap and refusing a blood treatment. Jimbei replaces Tiger as the Sun Pirates' captain and Arlong - frustrated with this action - decides to go his separate ways. After becoming a Warlord by the World Government, Jimbei disbands the pirates. In her attempt to help ban discrimination against fishmen and humans, Otohime is assassinated and has her three sons and her daughter protect the queen's ideals before her death.

"So Scary I Ran Up to the Sky" (空を飛ぶ程悍ましい,"Sora o Tobu Hodo Ozamashii")

"General from Future Land" (未来国からきた将軍,"Miraikoku kara Kita Shōgun")

In the present, Nami forgives Jimbei for his actions and reveals that she only resents Arlong of all the fishmen. Everyone panics as Hody announces to Fishman island via Transponder Snail the coup d'etat to take over the kingdom and his intention to kill the Straw Hat Pirates for defeating Arlong. Luffy decides to go rescue the rest of his crew, but Jimbei conceives a plan. Jimbei, Shirahoshi and Megalo rush to the palace and it is revealed to Jimbei that Hody was responsible for assassinating Otohime. Using Nami's Mirage Tempo technique, the Straw Hat Pirates appear before the people of Fishman Island, and the Fishman Pirates' prisoners are freed. They then reveal that they have the Celestial Dragon's letter and Otohime's petition. In the ensuing fight with Hody, Luffy and the Straw Hats take out most of Hody's men. However, in a desperate attempt to destroy the island, Vander Decken IX uses his devil fruit powers to hurl Noah, an ancient ship, in an effort to destroy everything around it.

As the Straw Hats fight the New Fishman Pirates' leaders, Luffy stops Shirahoshi from sacrificing herself and flies up to the Noah with her and Fukaboshi. Hody betrays Vander Decken and defeats him before challenging Luffy. As Luffy fights with Hody, Decken falls unconscious, consequently destroying the bubble. As everyone in Fishman Island is evacuating, Fukaboshi reveals to Luffy that Hody was created from the resentment against humans. Encouraged by Fukaboshi, Luffy proceeds to fight with Hody as the Ammo Knights launch a bubble to cover the Noah again, Luffy defeats Hody and attempts to destroy the ship to save the island. Meanwhile, the rest of the Straw Hats defeat Hody's officers.

"Dancing of Breams and Plaices" (タイやヒラメの舞い踊り,"Tai ya Hirame no Maiodori")

"Two Changes to Keep in Mind" (知っておくべき2つの変化,"Shitteokubeki Futatsu no Henka")

"The Voice From the New World" (新世界からの声,"Shinsekai Kara no Koe")

"A Premonition of Stormy Seas" (前途多難の予感,"Zento Tanan no Yokan")

"The Hero Hat" (ヒーローの帽子,"Hīrō no Bōshi")

"A Gam of Whales" (GAM（小群）,"Gamu (Shōgun)")

"Punk Hazard" (パンクハザード,"Panku Hazādo")

"Adventure on the Burning Island" (燃える島の冒険,"Moeru Shima no Bōken")

After Shirahoshi stops Luffy from destroying Noah, Jimbei gives his blood to a dying Luffy and tells the citizens that the law on Fishman Island is a farce. As Luffy recovers, Hody, Decken and the New Fishman Pirates are sent to jail and all charges against the Straw Hat Pirates are dropped. The Straw Hats and the island's citizens to celebrate their victory. Caribou steals the kingdom's treasure, however, but Luffy, Zoro and Sanji chase him and take it back. Luffy intercepts a call from Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors, to her henchmen and tells her that he ate the candy originally for her, and challenges Big Mom to a fight before giving the treasure to Big Mom in place of the candy to Nami's dismay. Shirahoshi makes the Straw Hats promise to see her again before the Straw Hats and the fishmen go their separate ways. Using a group of whales, Luffy and the others finally reach the New World. Over the Transponder Snail, a man asks for help before he is attacked. Reaching the burning island Punk Hazard, the Straw Hats go their separate ways to visit the island.

While Luffy, Zoro, Robin and Usopp visit Punk Hazard, Franky, Sanji, Nami and Chopper discover a living head belonging to a samurai named Kin'emon who is searching for his son Momonosuke. The four escape into a children's room called the Biscuits Room and attempt to release the giant children imprisoned there. Brook, meanwhile, discovers the samurai's torso. A group of naval officers, led by Smoker and Tashigi, arrive at the island as Luffy and the others confront a group of creatures along the way. Meanwhile, Smoker and Tashigi are confronted by Trafalgar Law, who has become a Warlord. Law swaps the hearts of Franky, Sanji, Nami and Chopper while Luffy and the others are rescued by Brownbeard, a pirate living on the island. Luffy meets Law once again, just before the Warlord swaps Tashigi and Smoker's hearts. Luffy and the others learn about the history of Punk Hazard: once the experiment facility of Dr. Vegapunk, the government scientist involved in one of his failed experiments, sealed off the island and fled.

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One Piece
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One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueishas Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since July 19,1997, One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young man whose body gained the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit. With his crew of pirates, named the Straw Hat Pirates, additionally, Toei has developed thirteen animated feature films, one OVA, and eleven television specials. Several companies have developed various types of merchandising such as a card game. The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America, the anime series was licensed by 4Kids Entertainment for an English-language release in North America in 2004, before the license was dropped and subsequently acquired by Funimation in 2007. One Piece has received praise for its art, characterization and humor, several volumes of the manga have broken publishing records, including the highest initial print run of any book in Japan. The official website for Eiichiro Odas One Piece manga announced that the manga has set a Guinness World Record for the most copies published for the comic book series by a single author. As of March 2017, the manga had 408.8 million copies in circulation worldwide, the series focuses on Monkey D. In an effort to organize his own crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy rescues and befriends a swordsman named Roronoa Zoro, and they head off in search of the One Piece. They are joined in their journey by Nami, a navigator and thief, Usopp, a sniper and a liar, and Vinsmoke Sanji and they acquire a ship named the Going Merry and engage in confrontations with notorious pirates of the East Blue. The world of One Piece is populated by humans and many other such as fishmen, dwarves, Minkmen. It is covered by two vast oceans, which are divided by a mountain range called the Red Line. The Grand Line, a sea that runs perpendicular to the Red Line, further divides them into four seas, North Blue, East Blue, West Blue, because of this, the calm belts are very effective barriers for those trying to enter the Grand Line. All other ships are forced to take a dangerous route, going through a mountain at the first intersection of the Grand Line and the Red Line. Sea water from each of the four seas runs up that mountain and merges at the top to flow down a fifth canal, the second half of the Grand Line, beyond the second intersection with the Red Line, is known as the New World. The currents and weather of the Grand Lines open sea are extremely unpredictable, the magnetic fields within the Grand Line cause normal compasses to malfunction, making it even more difficult to navigate, and instead a special compass called a Log Pose must be used. The Log Pose works by locking on to one islands magnetic field, the time for it to set depends on the island. This process can be bypassed by obtaining an Eternal Pose, a Log Pose variation that is set to a specific island

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Manga
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Manga are comics created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century. They have a long and complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art, the term manga in Japan is a word used to refer to both comics and cartooning. Manga as a term used outside Japan refers to comics published in Japan. In Japan, people of all ages read manga, many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become a major part of the Japanese publishing industry, representing a ¥406 billion market in Japan in 2007. Manga have also gained a significant worldwide audience, in Europe and the Middle East the market was worth $250 million in 2012. In 2008, in the U. S. and Canada, the market was valued at $175 million, the markets in France. Manga stories are printed in black-and-white, although some full-color manga exist. In Japan, manga are usually serialized in manga magazines, often containing many stories. If the series is successful, collected chapters may be republished in tankōbon volumes, frequently but not exclusively, a manga artist typically works with a few assistants in a small studio and is associated with a creative editor from a commercial publishing company. If a manga series is popular enough, it may be animated after or even during its run, sometimes manga are drawn centering on previously existing live-action or animated films. Manga-influenced comics, among original works, exist in parts of the world, particularly in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan. The word manga comes from the Japanese word 漫画, composed of the two kanji 漫 meaning whimsical or impromptu and 画 meaning pictures, rakuten Kitazawa first used the word manga in the modern sense. In Japanese, manga refers to all kinds of cartooning, comics, among English speakers, manga has the stricter meaning of Japanese comics, in parallel to the usage of anime in and outside Japan. The term ani-manga is used to describe comics produced from animation cels, writers on manga history have described two broad and complementary processes shaping modern manga. One view emphasizes events occurring during and after the U. S, occupation of Japan, and stresses U. S. cultural influences, including U. S. comics and images and themes from U. S. television, film, and cartoons. Regardless of its source, an explosion of artistic creativity certainly occurred in the period, involving manga artists such as Osamu Tezuka. Astro Boy quickly became popular in Japan and elsewhere

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Monkey D. Luffy
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Straw Hat Luffy is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the One Piece manga series created by Eiichiro Oda. In One Piece, Luffy sails from the East Blue to the Grand Line in search of the legendary treasure One Piece to succeed Gol. D, roger as the King of the Pirates. He is the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates and along his journey and he fights several antagonists, such as the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the World Government, and the Yonko during his travels, while also aiding and befriending the locals of various islands. Luffy has a cheerful demeanor but is serious when fighting. As the protagonist, Luffy appears in most of the episodes, films, television specials, due to the series international popularity, Luffy has become one of the most recognizable and iconic anime characters in history. Outside the One Piece franchise, Luffy has had an appearance in the crossover manga Cross Epoch and he has also been the subject of other parodies, and has appeared in various special events throughout Japanese pop culture. Monkey D. Luffy first appears as a boy living in Windmill Village who befriends the pirate Red-Haired Shanks. Ten years later, Luffy leaves the village in search of a known as the One Piece. After defeating Crocodile, Luffy allows Crocodiles subordinate Nico Robin to become his ally, continuing his journey, Luffy finds a reindeer doctor named Tony Tony Chopper on Drum Island who also joins his crew. While visiting Skypiea, the crew gets drawn into a war two races and Luffy defeats the god Eneru, ending the war, Luffy meets Navy Admiral Aokiji and is easily defeated. 9, who causes Luffy and his crew to save Robin at Enies Lobby, after their fight with CP9, Franky joins the crew. Entering the Florian Triangle, Luffy encounters a skeletal musician named Brook and, to return Brooks shadow, after releasing the rest of the islands prisoners, Brook becomes a member of Luffys crew. The crew goes to the Sabaody Archipelago, and have Silvers Rayleigh coat the Thousand Sunny to enter the second half of the Grand Line. However, Luffys encounter with Admiral Kizaru and the Warlord Bartholomew Kuma results in Luffy, stranded on Amazon Lily, an island ruled by the Warlord Boa Hancock, Luffy moves Hancock with his bravery and selflessness. Hancock falls in love with Luffy and helps bring him to the underground prison Impel Down to rescue his brother Portgas D, Luffy breaks into the prison and meets previous foes as well as new allies, such as the former Warlord Jimbei. After Luffy liberates the prisoners, they arrive at Marineford and Luffy is drawn into a war between the navy and Whitebeards pirate crews, however, Ace saves Luffy at the cost of his own life, and Luffy and Jimbei are evacuated from Marineford by Trafalgar Law. Returning to Amazon Lily, Luffy remembers how he first met Ace, after Shanks leaves Windmill Village and he befriends Ace and Sabo during this time who become his bond brothers, however, Sabo is seemingly killed by one of the World Nobles. After returning to Marineford to send a message to his crew

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Eponymous
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An eponym is a person, place, or thing for whom or for which something is named, or believed to be named. For example, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era, recent usage, especially in the recorded-music industry, also allows eponymous to mean named after its central character or creator. In ancient Greece, the eponymous archon was the highest magistrate in classical Athens, Eponymous archons served a term of one year which took the name of that particular archon. Later historians provided yet another case of eponymy by referring to the period of Fifth-century Athens as The Age of Pericles after its most influential statesman Pericles. In Ptolemaic Egypt, the head priest of the Cult of Alexander, the Hebrew Bible explains the origins of peoples through individuals who bear their name. In most cases, the experiences and behavior of the ancestor is meant to indicate the characteristics of the people who take their name, in ancient Rome, one of the two formal ways of indicating a year was to cite the two annual consuls who served in that year. For example, the year we know as 59 BC would have described as the consulship of Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus and Gaius Julius Caesar. Under the empire, the consuls would change as often as two months, but only the two consuls at the beginning of the year would lend their names to that year. During the Christian era, itself eponymous, many households used eponymous dating by regnal years. The Roman Catholic Church, however, eventually used the Anno Domini dating scheme based on the birth of Christ on both the public and royalty. Government administrations may become referred to eponymously, such as Kennedys Camelot, British monarchs have become eponymous throughout the English-speaking world for time periods, fashions, etc. Elizabethan, Georgian, Victorian, and Edwardian are examples of these, trends Political trends or movements often become eponymous with a government leader. Examples include Jacksonian democracy, Stalinism, Maoism, Obamacare, in intellectual property law an eponym can refer to a generic trademark or brand name, a form of metonymy, such as aspirin, heroin and thermos in the United States. In geography, places and towns can also be given a name through a relationship to an important figure. Peloponnesus, for instance, was said to derive its name from the Greek hero Pelops, in historical times, new towns have often been named after their founders, discoverers, or notable individuals. In science and technology, discoveries and innovations are often named after the discoverer or a figure influential in their advance, examples are Avogadros number, the Diesel engine, meitnerium, Alzheimers disease, and the Apgar score. For a different view of the process see Stiglers law of eponymy, the term is also applied to music, usually with regard to record titles, where it is prevalent and leads to confusion. For example, Bad Companys first album was entitled Bad Company, titled a 1988 compilation album Eponymous

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Straw Hats
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The One Piece manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries. The series storyline follows the adventures of a group of pirates as they search for the One Piece treasure. Monkey D. Luffy is the main protagonist, a young pirate who wishes to succeed Gol D. Roger, the deceased King of the Pirates, by finding his treasure. Several characters have stated to be based on actual people, such as, Eustass Kid, X. Drake, Basil Hawkins, Capone Gang Bege, Jewelry Bonney, Urouge. The cross dresser Emporio Ivankov is based on Dr. Frank N. Furter, Norio had asked Oda to draw more okama characters and became Ivankovs first voice actor. Oda had created Helmeppo before he created Captain Morgan, Helmeppos father, Oda originally named Morgan after Chop, with the characters full title being Naval Captain Chop or Sailor Chop. Sailor in Japanese is suihei, and Suihei Chop is a technique used by Giant Baba. He created several versions of Morgan before settling on the final design, after an editor told him that Morgan, in Odas words, looked lame, he changed the design to its final style. The protagonists of the One Piece series are all the members of the Straw Hat Pirates, the crews number increases throughout the series, as Luffy recruits new members. Monkey D. Luffy is the primary protagonist of the One Piece series, at age seven, he admires and tries to join the pirates of the Red Haired Shanks. Ridiculed and rejected, he inadvertently eats their treasure, the Paramecia-type Gum-Gum Fruit and his reckless efforts ultimately lead him into grave peril causing Shanks to lose an arm while rescuing him. After this, Luffy gives up on joining Shanks, resolving instead to start a crew of his own, displeased by Shanks spoiling his grandson, Garp takes Luffy to be raised by Curly Dadan and her mountain bandits, who he strong-arms into taking him in. During Luffys time there, he becomes a brother with Garps other ward Ace. Luffy is voiced by Mayumi Tanaka, in the 4Kids Entertainment English adaptation, he is voiced by Erica Schroeder. In the Funimation Entertainment English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Colleen Clinkenbeard, Roronoa Zoro is a swordsman who uses up to three swords simultaneously, holding one in each hand and a third in his mouth. To fulfill a promise to Kuina, his childhood rival. Traveling the seas in search of Mihawk and making a living as a bounty hunter, eventually, he comes into conflict with Helmeppo

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Shueisha
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Shueisha Inc. is a Japanese book and video game publisher headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded in 1925 as the publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company, magazines published by Shueisha include Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Young Jump, Non-no, and Ultra Jump. Shueisha, along with Shogakukan, owns VIZ Media, which publishes manga from all three companies in North America, in 1925, Shueisha was created by major publishing company Shogakukan. Jinjō Shōgaku Ichinen Josei became the first novel published by Shueisha in collaboration with Shogakukan—the temporary home of Shueisha, in 1927, two novels titled Danshi Ehon, and Joshi Ehon were created. In 1928, Shueisha was hired to edit Gendai Humor Zenshū, Gendai Humor Zenshū continued 12 volumes, some issues being Joshi Shinjidai Eishūji-chō and Shinjidai Eishūji-chō. In the 1930s another novel called Tantei-ki Dan was launched and Gendai Humor Zenshū was completed in 24 volumes, in 1931 two more novels were launched, Danshi Yōchien and Joshi Yōchien. After World War II, Shueisha started publishing a line called Omoshiro Book. Omoshiro Book published a book called Shōnen Ōja, which became a huge hit among boys. The first full volume of Shōnen Ōja was released as Shōnen Ōja Oitachi Hen, the first magazine published by Shueisha was Akaruku Tanoshii Shōnen-Shōjo Zasshi. In September 1949, Omoshiro Book was made into a magazine with all the contents of the former line, in 1950, a special edition of the magazine was published under the title Hinomaru. In addition to Omoshiro Book, a version was published in 1951. The Hitotsubashi building of Shueisha became completely independent in 1952, in that year, Omoshiro Book ceased publication and Myōjō began publication as a monthly magazine. The series of Omoshiro Book were published in bunkoban editions under the Omoshiro Manga Bunko line, a novel called Yoiko Yōchien was published and Omoshiro Book was replaced with another childrens manga magazine called Yōnen Book. In 1955, the success of Shōjo Book led to the publication of currently running Ribon, the novel Joshi Yōchien Kobato began publication in 1958. On November 23, an issue of Myōjō titled Weekly Myōjō was released. In 1951, another edition of Shōjo Book was released, Shōnen Book was made. In the 1960s, another issue of Myōjō was released called Bessatsu Weekly Myōjō

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Viz Media
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VIZ Media LLC is a Japanese-American manga, anime, and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC, in 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is jointly owned by Japanese publishers Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions. Seiji Horibuchi, originally from Tokushima Prefecture in Shikoku, moved to California in 1975, after living in the mountains for almost two years, he moved to San Francisco, where he started a business exporting American cultural items to Japan, and became a writer of cultural information. His idea came to fruition after he met Masahiro Ohga, then managing director of Shogakukan, in 1985, Shogakukan provided Horibuchi with $200,000 in startup capital, which Horibuichi used in 1986 to found VIZ Communications. VIZ Communications released its first titles in 1987, which included Legend of Kamui, to counteract this problem, VIZ expanded into the general publishing business and began publishing various art related books in 1992. Into these titles, Horibuchi began publishing manga, calling them graphic novels so they would be carried by mainstream bookstores, the plan worked and after several years, leading booksellers began to have dedicated shelves for manga titles. Sales also picked up when VIZ Communications acquired the license for the comedy series Ranma ½, the company continued to see success when it expanded into the anime distribution market, began publishing Shonen Jump, an English adaptation of the popular Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. It also acquired another huge selling title, InuYasha, in the late 1990s, VIZ began making the push to move into the European and South American markets. When Shueisha became a joint owner of Viz Media in 2002, Shueisha also permitted Seven Seas Entertainment to license Hayate X Blade, and permitted Tokyopop to license Kodocha, Marmalade Boy and Digimon Next. In March 2010, Shogakukan began a partnership with Fantagraphics Books to issue a line of manga to be edited by Matt Thorn, in 2003, possibly in response to Shogakukan and Shueishas co-ownership of VIZ, Japanese publisher Kodansha formed a co-venture with Del Rey. In 2004, VIZ Communications was merged with ShoPro Entertainment, funding company Shogakukans American distribution division, Horibuchi became the new companys chairman. In 2005, Horibuchi started a division, Viz Pictures, for releasing selected live-action films in the US to theaters. On December 17,2008, Viz Media announced that starting on April 1,2009, Viz President and CEO Hidemi Fukuhara stated that he believes the partnership will help the company grow its anime holdings more effectively. On February 20,2009, Viz Media laid off a number of employees in order to help be more streamlined to face the current economic climate. On May 11,2010, VIZ Media again laid off a number of workers,60 this time and this time they released a press release claiming that none of their current product lines would be affected. In contrast to similar TV and film ratings, Viz also has set up certain manga ratings for their products based on their content, a, Suitable for readers of all ages. Such titles may contain little or no objectionable content, some, however, may contain mild language and fantasy violence but no swearing or nudity. May be suitable for early teens and older, such titles may contain violence, blood, use of strong language, suggestive themes or situations, crude humor, alcohol and/tobacco use, which some people may find inappropriate

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Shonen Jump (magazine)
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Shonen Jump, officially stylized SHONEN JUMP and abbreviated SJ, is a shōnen manga anthology published in North America by Viz Media. It debuted in November 2002 with the first issue having a January 2003 cover date and it features serialized chapters from four manga series, and articles on Japanese language and culture, as well as manga, anime, video games, and figurines. Prior to the launch, Viz launched an extensive marketing campaign to promote it. Shueisha purchased an equity interest in Viz to help fund the venture, and Cartoon Network, Suncoast, in conjunction with the magazine, Viz launched new imprints for releasing media related to the series presented in the magazine, and other shōnen works. This includes two new imprints, an anime DVD imprint, a fiction line for releasing light novels, a label for fan and data books. Targeted towards young males, the first issue required three printings to meet consumer demand, with over 300,000 copies sold. It was awarded the ICv2 Comic Product of the Year award in December 2002, approximately half of its circulation comes from subscriptions rather than store sales. Shonen Jump published its issue in April 2012 when Viz decided to focus on a weekly digital manga anthology. Weekly Shonen Jump launched in January 2012 and is still in production, in June 2002, Viz Media, and Shueisha announced that Viz would begin publishing Shonen Jump, an English spin on Shueishas highly popular manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump. Cartoon Network, Suncoast, and Diamond Distributors signed on as promotional partners, though based on Weekly Shōnen Jump, Viz noted that it would not be a word for word copy. Rather, Viz would select series for its magazine that it felt were the most appropriate for its American readers, Vizs version was also set to be monthly, rather than having weekly, to better fit the American comic distribution system. We will be selecting the material most appropriate for the American market, bear in mind that Shonen Jump has been running since 1968 in Japan. At 500 pages a week, that gives us 884,000 pages of material to draw from. Our lead titles are Dragon Ball Z and Yu-Gi-Oh, selected for their already-existing popularity in the US. The remainder of the titles will be a combination of those on the verge of breaking out in country. Jason Thompson, one of Vizs manga editors for series including Dragon Ball was selected as the magazines first editor-in-chief, however, with greater attention being focused on manga as it became available in mainstream outlets, some titles were edited for content. Thompson noted that it was a working with some of the artists whose works would appear in the first issue. With manga anthologies having met with success in North America. To help fund the lengthy, expensive marketing campaign developed around Shonen Jump, unlike with most magazine launches, Viz decided to allow retailers to return the first two issues

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Gollancz Manga
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Victor Gollancz Ltd was a major British book publishing house of the twentieth century. Upon Gollanczs death in 1967, ownership passed to his daughter, Livia, Gollancz was left-inclined in politics and a supporter of socialist movements. This is reflected in some of the books he published, Victor Gollancz commissioned George Orwell to write about the urban working class in the North of England, the result was The Road to Wigan Pier. His break with Orwell came when he declined to publish Orwells account of the Spanish Civil War, Homage to Catalonia, the pair having drifted apart on political grounds. He did publish The Red Army Moves by Geoffrey Cox on the Winter War, which was critical of the Soviet attack on Finland and he also published works by German exiles, such as Hilde Meisel. Many of Gollanczs books were published in one of their familiar house dust jackets, of which the most famous was bright yellow, with the title and author rendered in a vibrant, bold typography. In 1998 Gollancz was developed into a fiction and fantasy imprint Gollancz Science Fiction after it was acquired by Orion Publishing Group. Gollancz then proceeded to manage the SF Masterworks series, previously overseen by Orion sister-imprint Millennium, as of 2014, Gollancz no longer publish manga and Viz Media have re-released the publishers series. The following titles have been published, In 2011, Gollancz launched the SF Gateway website, Gollancz aims to make 5,000 or more books available by 2014 and the website will be integrated with the online Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. In terms of the number of published works that have been nominated for awards, Gollancz ranks as one of the fields top publishers of science fiction, fantasy. Left Book Club Common Sense political series ^ Worlds Without End Science Fiction, Gollancz, The Story of a Publishing House, 1928–1978. Gollancz Crime Fiction 1928-1988, A Checklist of the First Editions, official website SF Gateway Catalogue of the Victor Gollancz Ltd archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

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Madman Entertainment
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Madman Entertainment is an Australian company that distributes Australian and foreign films as well as Japanese anime and manga in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. Madman is one of the entertainment companies in Australia. It employs approx 100 people and has a turnover of around A$50 million. Its headquarters is in Richmond, Victoria, Madman has secured the local release rights to popular titles including Sailor Moon, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Akira, Steins, Gate and almost all of Studio Ghiblis catalogue. In addition to DVD sales, Madman manages the theatrical release of some of their titles, according to market research, Madman accounts for 97% of the total anime home media market in Australia. Later on in 1997, Madman started to distribute anime from ADV Films along with Siren Entertainment, in 2001 Madman Entertainment bought Sirens distribution equipment and established The AV Channel, allowing Madman to distribute their own titles. As of 2008, only some of Manga Entertainment Australias titles from the 1990s have been distributed by Madman, some of their DVD releases have been jointly mastered with Britains MVM Films or Revelation Films to save costs, and are therefore dual-region. A few DVD titles from Madman, such as the Oh My Goddess, oVAs, are all-region or multi-region DVDs in the NTSC format, imported from the US and repackaged for sale in Australia and New Zealand. Madman & Manga UK also work together on PAL DVD & Region B Blu-ray masters and video transfers, a growing selection of manga titles translated by Tokyopop in the United States and Chuang Yi in Singapore are being imported and distributed through Madman Entertainment. In February 2008, Madman announced that they would also be distributing manga titles from Viz Media, Madman currently distributes manga from Viz Media, Dark Horse Comics, Tokyopop, and recently from Yen Press with the 2012 release of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Madman launched in 1996 solely as a distribution company, but has since expanded. Madman also has a distribution arm called Madman Cinema. In addition, the company distributes original series produced by Australias Special Broadcasting Service on DVD, at the 2008 Supanova Pop Culture Expo, Madman announced plans to explore new distribution methods. The company now offers streaming of selected anime episodes, beginning with the first episode of School Rumble. Madman now has a sub-page, Madman Scereening Room, dedicated to video streaming, Madman has also begun releasing Blu-ray Disc titles, starting with The Transformers, The Movie in June 2009. On 1 June 2009, Madman Entertainment released an English adaption of Tamagotchi, The Movie, Madman also intended to dub the films sequel, Tamagotchi, Happiest Story in the Universe. But the dub was cancelled for unknown reasons, in April 2008, the company announced a collaboration with British company Warp Films. Warp and Madman plan to make at least two films together over the three years, starting with Tyrannosaur

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International Standard Book Number
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The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, the method of assigning an ISBN is nation-based and varies from country to country, often depending on how large the publishing industry is within a country. The initial ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering created in 1966, the 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108. Occasionally, a book may appear without a printed ISBN if it is printed privately or the author does not follow the usual ISBN procedure, however, this can be rectified later. Another identifier, the International Standard Serial Number, identifies periodical publications such as magazines, the ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 in the United Kingdom by David Whitaker and in 1968 in the US by Emery Koltay. The 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108, the United Kingdom continued to use the 9-digit SBN code until 1974. The ISO on-line facility only refers back to 1978, an SBN may be converted to an ISBN by prefixing the digit 0. For example, the edition of Mr. J. G. Reeder Returns, published by Hodder in 1965, has SBN340013818 -340 indicating the publisher,01381 their serial number. This can be converted to ISBN 0-340-01381-8, the check digit does not need to be re-calculated, since 1 January 2007, ISBNs have contained 13 digits, a format that is compatible with Bookland European Article Number EAN-13s. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an ebook, a paperback, and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, a 13-digit ISBN can be separated into its parts, and when this is done it is customary to separate the parts with hyphens or spaces. Separating the parts of a 10-digit ISBN is also done with either hyphens or spaces, figuring out how to correctly separate a given ISBN number is complicated, because most of the parts do not use a fixed number of digits. ISBN issuance is country-specific, in that ISBNs are issued by the ISBN registration agency that is responsible for country or territory regardless of the publication language. Some ISBN registration agencies are based in national libraries or within ministries of culture, in other cases, the ISBN registration service is provided by organisations such as bibliographic data providers that are not government funded. In Canada, ISBNs are issued at no cost with the purpose of encouraging Canadian culture. In the United Kingdom, United States, and some countries, where the service is provided by non-government-funded organisations. Australia, ISBNs are issued by the library services agency Thorpe-Bowker

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List of One Piece characters
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The One Piece manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries. The series storyline follows the adventures of a group of pirates as they search for the One Piece treasure. Monkey D. Luffy is the main protagonist, a young pirate who wishes to succeed Gol D. Roger, the deceased King of the Pirates, by finding his treasure. Several characters have stated to be based on actual people, such as, Eustass Kid, X. Drake, Basil Hawkins, Capone Gang Bege, Jewelry Bonney, Urouge. The cross dresser Emporio Ivankov is based on Dr. Frank N. Furter, Norio had asked Oda to draw more okama characters and became Ivankovs first voice actor. Oda had created Helmeppo before he created Captain Morgan, Helmeppos father, Oda originally named Morgan after Chop, with the characters full title being Naval Captain Chop or Sailor Chop. Sailor in Japanese is suihei, and Suihei Chop is a technique used by Giant Baba. He created several versions of Morgan before settling on the final design, after an editor told him that Morgan, in Odas words, looked lame, he changed the design to its final style. The protagonists of the One Piece series are all the members of the Straw Hat Pirates, the crews number increases throughout the series, as Luffy recruits new members. Monkey D. Luffy is the primary protagonist of the One Piece series, at age seven, he admires and tries to join the pirates of the Red Haired Shanks. Ridiculed and rejected, he inadvertently eats their treasure, the Paramecia-type Gum-Gum Fruit and his reckless efforts ultimately lead him into grave peril causing Shanks to lose an arm while rescuing him. After this, Luffy gives up on joining Shanks, resolving instead to start a crew of his own, displeased by Shanks spoiling his grandson, Garp takes Luffy to be raised by Curly Dadan and her mountain bandits, who he strong-arms into taking him in. During Luffys time there, he becomes a brother with Garps other ward Ace. Luffy is voiced by Mayumi Tanaka, in the 4Kids Entertainment English adaptation, he is voiced by Erica Schroeder. In the Funimation Entertainment English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Colleen Clinkenbeard, Roronoa Zoro is a swordsman who uses up to three swords simultaneously, holding one in each hand and a third in his mouth. To fulfill a promise to Kuina, his childhood rival. Traveling the seas in search of Mihawk and making a living as a bounty hunter, eventually, he comes into conflict with Helmeppo

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Portgas D. Ace
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The One Piece manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries. The series storyline follows the adventures of a group of pirates as they search for the One Piece treasure. Monkey D. Luffy is the main protagonist, a young pirate who wishes to succeed Gol D. Roger, the deceased King of the Pirates, by finding his treasure. Several characters have stated to be based on actual people, such as, Eustass Kid, X. Drake, Basil Hawkins, Capone Gang Bege, Jewelry Bonney, Urouge. The cross dresser Emporio Ivankov is based on Dr. Frank N. Furter, Norio had asked Oda to draw more okama characters and became Ivankovs first voice actor. Oda had created Helmeppo before he created Captain Morgan, Helmeppos father, Oda originally named Morgan after Chop, with the characters full title being Naval Captain Chop or Sailor Chop. Sailor in Japanese is suihei, and Suihei Chop is a technique used by Giant Baba. He created several versions of Morgan before settling on the final design, after an editor told him that Morgan, in Odas words, looked lame, he changed the design to its final style. The protagonists of the One Piece series are all the members of the Straw Hat Pirates, the crews number increases throughout the series, as Luffy recruits new members. Monkey D. Luffy is the primary protagonist of the One Piece series, at age seven, he admires and tries to join the pirates of the Red Haired Shanks. Ridiculed and rejected, he inadvertently eats their treasure, the Paramecia-type Gum-Gum Fruit and his reckless efforts ultimately lead him into grave peril causing Shanks to lose an arm while rescuing him. After this, Luffy gives up on joining Shanks, resolving instead to start a crew of his own, displeased by Shanks spoiling his grandson, Garp takes Luffy to be raised by Curly Dadan and her mountain bandits, who he strong-arms into taking him in. During Luffys time there, he becomes a brother with Garps other ward Ace. Luffy is voiced by Mayumi Tanaka, in the 4Kids Entertainment English adaptation, he is voiced by Erica Schroeder. In the Funimation Entertainment English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Colleen Clinkenbeard, Roronoa Zoro is a swordsman who uses up to three swords simultaneously, holding one in each hand and a third in his mouth. To fulfill a promise to Kuina, his childhood rival. Traveling the seas in search of Mihawk and making a living as a bounty hunter, eventually, he comes into conflict with Helmeppo

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Bartholomew Kuma
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The One Piece manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries. The series storyline follows the adventures of a group of pirates as they search for the One Piece treasure. Monkey D. Luffy is the main protagonist, a young pirate who wishes to succeed Gol D. Roger, the deceased King of the Pirates, by finding his treasure. Several characters have stated to be based on actual people, such as, Eustass Kid, X. Drake, Basil Hawkins, Capone Gang Bege, Jewelry Bonney, Urouge. The cross dresser Emporio Ivankov is based on Dr. Frank N. Furter, Norio had asked Oda to draw more okama characters and became Ivankovs first voice actor. Oda had created Helmeppo before he created Captain Morgan, Helmeppos father, Oda originally named Morgan after Chop, with the characters full title being Naval Captain Chop or Sailor Chop. Sailor in Japanese is suihei, and Suihei Chop is a technique used by Giant Baba. He created several versions of Morgan before settling on the final design, after an editor told him that Morgan, in Odas words, looked lame, he changed the design to its final style. The protagonists of the One Piece series are all the members of the Straw Hat Pirates, the crews number increases throughout the series, as Luffy recruits new members. Monkey D. Luffy is the primary protagonist of the One Piece series, at age seven, he admires and tries to join the pirates of the Red Haired Shanks. Ridiculed and rejected, he inadvertently eats their treasure, the Paramecia-type Gum-Gum Fruit and his reckless efforts ultimately lead him into grave peril causing Shanks to lose an arm while rescuing him. After this, Luffy gives up on joining Shanks, resolving instead to start a crew of his own, displeased by Shanks spoiling his grandson, Garp takes Luffy to be raised by Curly Dadan and her mountain bandits, who he strong-arms into taking him in. During Luffys time there, he becomes a brother with Garps other ward Ace. Luffy is voiced by Mayumi Tanaka, in the 4Kids Entertainment English adaptation, he is voiced by Erica Schroeder. In the Funimation Entertainment English adaptation, his voice is supplied by Colleen Clinkenbeard, Roronoa Zoro is a swordsman who uses up to three swords simultaneously, holding one in each hand and a third in his mouth. To fulfill a promise to Kuina, his childhood rival. Traveling the seas in search of Mihawk and making a living as a bounty hunter, eventually, he comes into conflict with Helmeppo

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List of One Piece manga volumes
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One Piece is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda that has been translated into various languages and spawned a substantial media franchise. It follows the adventures of the seventeen-year-old boy Monkey D, in Japan, the series is published by Shueisha—chapterwise in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since the magazines issue of August 4,1997, and in tankōbon format since December 24,1997. The series spans over 800 chapters and more than 80 tankōbon volumes, in the United Kingdom, the tankōbon were published by Gollancz Manga, starting in March 2006, until Viz Media replaced it after the fourteenth volume. In Australia and New Zealand, the English volumes have been distributed by Madman Entertainment since November 10,2008, by October 6,2009, only 22 volumes had been released in English. However, as announced in July 2009, Viz Media increased that number to 53 by June 2010, by February 2017, a total of 81 volumes of the English versions have been officially released by Viz Media. Official website of Weekly Shōnen Jump Official website of Viz Media

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List of One Piece episodes (season 1)
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The first season of the One Piece anime series was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Konosuke Uda. The season is adapted from the first twelve volumes of the manga by Eiichiro Oda and aired on Fuji Television from October 20,1999 through March 21,2001, totalling 62 episodes. The first season depicts the exploits of the pirate captain Monkey D. Luffy and as he gathers his crew and heads to the Grand Line in search of the titular treasure, in 2004, 4Kids Entertainment licensed the series for a heavily edited, dubbed broadcast. 4Kids edited the episodes for content, merged one episode and left out 18 episodes, the series made its U. S. premiere on September 18,2004 on the Fox Broadcasting Company as part of its Fox Box programing block, lasting until July 23,2005. Funimation later licensed the series and released the first season in four unedited, bilingual compilations, the first was released on May 27,2008, the seasons original version and its adaptation by Funimation use four pieces of theme music, two opening themes and two ending themes. The first opening theme is the winning title We Are. The second opening, starting with episode 48 onwards, is Believe by Folder5, the first ending theme, titled Memories, was performed by Maki Otsuki, who also performed the second ending theme song, titled Run. Run. starting with episode 30 onwards, Funimation produced the English versions of the songs, with We Are. Sung by Vic Mignogna, Believe sung by Meredith McCoy, Memories sung by Brina Palencia, 4Kids originally produced an English version of We Are. Themselves, but replaced it with a rap song, titled Pirate Rap, for the first thirty episodes, both versions were performed by Russell Velasquez. An instrumental version of the rap was used for the broadcast versions ending theme

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List of One Piece episodes (season 2)
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The second season of the One Piece anime series was directed by Kōnosuke Uda and produced by Toei Animation. Luffys Straw Hat Pirates in a sea, called the Grand Line. Stuck in the bowels of the giant whale Laboon, they encounter the whales caretaker, an old man named Crocus, and Nefeltari Vivi. Taking her with them, they make enemies of the Warlord Sir Crocodiles secret organization, Baroque Works, the season initially ran from March 21 through August 19,2001 on Fuji Television in Japan. Toei Animation released the episodes on VHS in five compilations. In the English language adaptation of the series by former licensee 4Kids Entertainment and they were first aired from July 30 though August 20,2005 by the Fox Broadcasting Company as part of its Fox Box programing block. The series new licensee, Funimation, released the episodes as part of their fifth and sixth uncut DVD compilations on June 30. Toei Animations version makes use of four pieces of music, one opening theme. The opening theme is Believe by Folder5, run. by Maki Otsuki for episode 63, Watashi ga Iru Yo by Tomato Cube until episode 73, and Shouchi no Suke by Shōjo Suitei for the rest of the season. 4Kids Entertainment used original music in their adaptation, while Funimation Entertainment opted for English language versions of the theme music pieces used by Toei Animation

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List of One Piece episodes (season 3)
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It was originally licensed for a heavily edited dub by 4Kids Entertainment. This editing included removing some of the episodes from the list, later, Funimation acquired the licensed to release the season uncut and mostly unedited, as well as releasing an English subtitled version along with the redubbing. The third season deals with the Straw Hat Pirates trying find a doctor after Nami falls sick and they sail to Drum Island where they face off against the Wapol Pirates. There they meet Chopper who joins the crew, the third season originally ran from August 26,2001, through December 9,2001, on Fuji TV and contained fifteen episodes. Three pieces of music are utilized by the seasons episodes, one opening theme. The opening theme is Believe by Folder5, and Meredith McCoy in Funimations English version, the ending themes are Shouchi no Suke by Shōjo Suitei until episode 81 and Before Dawn by Ai-Sachi for the remainder of the season. The 4Kids dub uses Russell Velasquez Pirate Rap V2 as opening for the season, except for episode 60, which uses his Pirate Rap V3

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List of One Piece episodes (season 4)
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The fourth season of the One Piece anime series was directed by Konosuke Uda and produced by Toei Animation. Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, the first 17 episodes, dealing with Nefertari Vivi and the Straw Hats as they arrive in Alabasta to stop a civil war from happening, make up the Arabasta Jōriku arc. The remaining episodes make up the Arabasta Gekidō arc, in which the protagonists defeat Baroque Works and this season adapts the 18th to 24th volumes of the manga by Eiichiro Oda. The fourth season ran from December 16,2001, through October 27,2002. The first half was released on DVD in six compilations, each containing one disc with two or three episodes, by Toei Animation between February 5,2003, and July 2,2003. The second half was released on DVD in seven compilations between August 6,2003, and February 4,2004, the season was then licensed and heavily edited for a dubbed broadcast and DVD release in English by 4Kids Entertainment. Their adaptation ran from February 25,2006, though July 28,2007, on Cartoon Network and, in contrast to the other seasons, dVDs of their adaptation were not released. Starting with the season, Funimation took over dubbing new episodes for broadcast on Cartoon Network. The season makes use of six pieces of music, two opening themes and four ending themes. The first opening theme, Believe, is performed by Folder5, starting with episode 116, the second opening theme Hikari e, performed by The Babystars. Before Dawn, performed by Ai-Sachi, continues to be used as the theme for the first two episodes. The second ending theme, from episodes 95-106, is performed by The Kaleidoscope. The third ending theme, from episode 107-118, is Glory -Kimi ga Iru kara-, the fourth ending theme, used from episode 119 onwards, is Shining Ray, performed by Janne Da Arc. 4Kids used original music for their version, while Funimation opted to use the theme songs for their version

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List of One Piece episodes (season 5)
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The fifth season of the One Piece anime series was directed by Kōnosuke Uda and produced by Toei Animation. The first five episodes, each following their own plots, form the Dreams, the next three episodes make up the Shutsugeki. Zenii Kaizoku Dan storyline and focus on the Straw Hats meeting an old moneylender, the last five episodes form the Niji no Kanata e arc and deal with the protagonists getting trapped inside a mysterious, rainbow-colored mist. The season was licensed for a heavily edited dubbed broadcast in English by 4Kids Entertainment. Their adaptation ran from August 4,2007, through September 22,2007, on Cartoon Network and it was the last season to be dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment. DVDs of their adaptation were not released, starting with the sixth season, Funimation took over dubbing new episodes for broadcast on Cartoon Network. Eventually they began redubbing the series from the start for uncut release on DVD and released the season, relabeled as One Piece, Season Two – Seventh Voyage. Toei Animations version makes use of three pieces of music, one opening theme and two ending themes. The opening theme is Hikari e by The Babystars, the ending themes are Shining Ray by Janne Da Arc for the first two episodes and Free Will by Ruppina for the rest of the season. The 4Kids Entertainment dub uses original music in their adaptation

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List of One Piece episodes (season 6)
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The sixth season of the One Piece anime series, split into two Sky Island chapters, was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Konosuke Uda based on Eiichiro Odas manga by the same name. It was licensed by Funimation as the first season after 4Kids Entertainment dropped their heavily edited dubbing. The sixth season deals primarily with the Straw Hat Piratess exploration of the legendary Skypiea, a land of winged humanoids built upon clouds, the sixth season originally ran from February 9,2003 through June 13,2004 on Fuji TV and contained 52 episodes. The English version ran from September 29,2007 through March 15,2008 on Cartoon Network, australia has continued to air new episodes and began aired unedited episodes starting with episode 175 and ended with episode 195 on January 7,2009. The season uses six pieces of music, two opening themes and four ending themes. The opening theme until episode 168 is Hikari e by The Babystars, the second is Bon Voyage by Bon-Bon Blanco, starting from episode 169 onwards. The ending theme up to episode 156 is Free Will by Ruppina, episodes 157 through 168 use Ruppinas Faith. Episodes 169 through 181 use A to Z by ZZ, the remaining episodes use Tsuki to Taiyō by shela. Funimation has also produced English versions of the songs

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List of One Piece episodes (season 7)
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The seventh season of the One Piece anime series are produced by Toei Animation and directed by Kōnosuke Uda adapted from Eiichiro Odas manga of the same name. The season was released in Japan as a chapter, called Escape. The Naval Fortress & The Foxy Pirate Crew and it deals with the Straw Hat Pirates infiltration of and escape from a Marine fortress to reclaim their confiscated treasure. The Straw Hats later meet Foxy the Silver Fox and his crew, who challenges them to the Davy Back Fight, soon after, they encounter Admiral Aokiji, a Marine admiral who is determined to capture Nico Robin, but spares the crew after defeating Luffy. The season began broadcasting on Fuji Television on June 20,2004 and ended March 27,2005, One Piece began airing in high definition, wide screen format with the premiere of the 207th episode. Despite this, the Japanese DVD release remained in 4,3 fullscreen format until the beginning of the 8th season, the beginning of this season has had an English-language release by Funimation. In October 2011, Funimation announced they had acquired the remaining episodes of this season, the press release stated that the episodes would be featured in 16,9 widescreen starting with episode 207 as had been originally broadcast. The press release mentioned that the episodes would be released in HD hinting at a possible Blu-ray release. Beginning with this season, One Piece also made its return to Toonami, continuing from episode 207, the season debuted on May 19,2013. The episodes use four pieces of music throughout the series. The first opening theme, titled Bon Voyage by Bon-Bon Blanco, the second opening and ending themes, used from episode 207 onwards, are Kokoro no Chizu and Mirai Koukai, respectively performed by Boystyle and Tackey & Tsubasa. In English speaking territories, Mirai Koukai was replaced with Eternal Pose due to licensing issues

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List of One Piece episodes (season 8)
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The eighth season of the One Piece anime series contains The Water Seven Chapter. Its episodes are directed by Kōnosuke Uda and Munehisa Sakai and produced by Toei Animation, the episodes are based on Eiichirō Odas One Piece manga series, and adapt the 34th through 39th volumes of its source material over thirty-five episodes. They initially ran from April 17,2005 through April 30,2006 on Fuji TV, twelve DVD compilations, each containing three episodes, were released by Toei between January 10,2007 to December 5,2007. In October 2011, Funimation announced they had acquired this season, the press release stated that the episodes would be featured in 16,9 widescreen. The press release mentioned that the episodes would be released in HD hinting at a possible Blu-ray release. The season centers around the intrigue of Water Seven as Nico Robin leaves the crew to join up with Cipher Pol No. 9, an organization under the world government as the Straw Hat Pirates are accused of an attempted assassination on Iceberg, the leader of Water Seven. Meanwhile, most of their money is stolen from Usopp by Frankys henchmen before they could use it for repairs, later, after finding out the Going Merry was unrepairable, Usopp leaves when Luffy reluctantly admits that the ship is done for. The season uses five pieces of music, one opening theme. The opening theme is Kokoro no Chizu by BOYSTYLE, in English speaking territories, Mirai Koukai was replaced with Eternal Pose due to music licensing issues

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List of One Piece episodes (season 9)
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The ninth season of the One Piece anime series was directed by Kōnosuke Uda and produced by Toei Animation. Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and it is divided into the Enies Lobby story arc and the special arc Mugiwara Gekijō & Mugiwara Kaizoku Dan. Afterwards, they avoid annihilation by the military operation Buster Call. And once back on the city island Water 7, the Straw Hats add Franky to their crew and acquire a new ship, lastly, they encounter a group of bounty hunters, called the Atchino Family. The season initially ran from May 21,2006 through December 23,2007 on Fuji Television, since then, nineteen DVD compilations, each containing three episodes of the Enies Lobby arc, were released by Avex Mode between January 9,2008 and July 1,2009. A 20th DVD, containing two episodes, was released on August 5,2009, a 21st DVD, containing four episodes, was released on September 2,2009. The special arc was released on a single DVD on May 23,2008, in July 2012, Funimation announced they had acquired this season as part of their own US Season Five. The season uses six pieces of music, four opening themes. The opening theme for the first part of the Enies Lobby arc is Brand New World by D-51, all episodes of the second part of the Enies Lobby arc and after have since aired without an ending theme

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List of One Piece episodes (season 10)
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It deals with the meeting and recruitment of Brook in a mysterious mist. There, the crew comes across Thriller Bark captained by Gecko Moria, the season began airing on Fuji Television on January 6,2008 and ended on December 14,2008, lasting 45 episodes. Thirteen compilations of the season has been released so far as of July 7,2010 The first DVD release for the season was released on October 7,2009, the season uses two pieces of theme music. The first opening theme, titled Jungle P, is performed by 5050, the second opening theme, starting with episode 373 onwards, is a cover of the series first opening We Are. by Hiroshi Kitadani, performed by TVXQ. The Funimation Dub for the first 12 episodes was originally going to be released in May, but was delayed until September to coincide with the release of the Funimation Dub of One Piece, Film Z

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List of One Piece episodes (season 12)
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The twelfth season of the One Piece anime series was directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto and produced by Toei Animation. The remaining 4 episodes give insight into the fates of Luffys crew, while he travels to Impel Down, the season initially ran from July 5 through October 11,2009 on Fuji Television in Japan. The first two DVD compilations were released on April 6,2011, the last two volumes were released on May 11,2011. The North American licensor of the series, Funimation, streamed the whole seasons episodes subtitled in English for free on their website, episodes 408 to 414 were streamed from the August 26 through the 28,2009. On August 29,2009, the rest of the episodes, starting from episode 415 onwards, were streamed as a simulcast. Only a single piece of music is used during the season

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List of One Piece episodes (season 13)
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The thirteenth season of the One Piece anime series titled Impel Down, was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto based on Eiichiro Odas manga by the same name. It deals with the imprisonment of Luffys brother Portgas D, ace and Luffys attempt to infiltrate the great prison Impel Down to save him. Luffy meets several old enemies from his past in this arc, including Buggy the Clown, Mr.2, following this, the Impel Down storyline continued where it had left off. The season began broadcasting on Fuji Television on October 18,2009 and ended on July 11,2010 and this seasons beginning was announced in the One Piece Movie 10 Guide Book, One Piece-Pia. The season is currently being released through DVD compilations, the first two were released on June 1,2011, the last two DVD compilations are due for release on September 6,2011. The season used two pieces of theme music, the first opening theme, titled Share the World by TVXQ continues to be used for the beginning of the season. The second opening theme, starting from episode 426 onwards, is Kaze o Sagashite performed by Yaguchi Mari with Straw Hat

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List of One Piece episodes (season 14)
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The fourteenth season of the One Piece anime series was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto. The season began broadcasting in Japan on Fuji Television on July 18,2010, the season focuses on Monkey D. Luffy as he tries to save his brother Portgas D. Ace. The first is titled Marineford, which adapts the 56th to 59th volumes of the material from the One Piece manga by Eiichiro Oda. The second story arc, which is yet to be named, the season deals with the war between the Marines and Whitebeards pirates. Focusing on Luffy, Jimbei and the convicts from Impel Down, they infiltrate Marineford to save Ace. Eventually, Luffy must decide on whether to continue training or go back to Sabaody to see his friends once again, the first DVD compilation was released on October 5,2011. The season used three pieces of theme music, the first opening theme, titled Kaze o Sagashite and performed by Yaguchi Mari with Straw Hat, continues to be used for the first two episodes. The second opening theme, from episodes 460 to 492, is One Day performed by The Rootless, the third opening theme, from episodes 493 to 516, is Fight Together performed by Namie Amuro

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List of One Piece films
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Since the premiere of the series on television, Toei Animation has also produced thirteen One Piece feature films, traditionally released during the Japanese school spring break since 2000. The first three films were less than a long and played as part of a double-bill with other anime films. In typical fashion for films based on serialized manga, the films feature self-contained, the films are distributed by Toei Company. Additionally, three of these films have had special featurette shorts, showcasing the characters engaged in activities unrelated to the series. They were shown dancing in Jangos Dance Carnival with Clockwork Island Adventure, with Choppers Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals, and playing baseball in Take Aim. The Pirate Baseball King with The Cursed Holy Sword, One Piece is the first animated feature film of the franchise, starring Mayumi Tanaka as Monkey D. Luffy, Kazuya Nakai as Roronoa Zoro, Akemi Okamura as Nami, and Kappei Yamaguchi as Usopp. It premiered in Japan on March 4,2000 and was released to DVD on January 21,2001, the film was shown in a double bill with Digimon Adventure, Our War Game. In their first week of showing, they made a place in the Japanese box office, a third place during their second week. In total, they earned 2,160,000,000 Japanese yen, the legend of the Great Gold Pirate Woonan remains intact, years after his disappearance. Many pirates search for his mountain of gold hidden on a remote island, among them are Captain El Drago and his men. By hunting down every member of Woonans former crew, they take possession of a map to that hidden island. On their way there, they meet and decide to rob the Straw Hat Pirates, following the scent of food, they quickly arrive at a floating oden bar, run by Tobios grandfather, Ganzo. Meanwhile, somewhere else on the island, Zoro and Luffy, chained together for trying to eat-and-run, get lost, with the help of Nami, Usopp gets away from the enemy crew. The Straw Hats meet up and take a look at the treasure map. They conclude, that Woonans treasure must be hidden on the only mountain. On their way up, they meet Ganzo, who reveals to them, on top of the mountain, they find an empty house, with a secret entry to a basement. El Drago and his men arrive and are beaten by Luffy, then the group climbs into the basement. There, Woonans skeleton is sitting in an empty room, a message for his old friend Ganzo written on the walls, with no gold left to find on that island, the Straw Hats set sail, resuming course for the Grand Line

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One Piece: The Movie
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One Piece, The Movie is a 2000 anime film released by Toei Company. It is the first film based on the manga franchise One Piece. It was originally released on March 4,2000 as part of the Spring 2000 Toei Anime Fair, alongside Digimon Adventure, while traveling to the treasure, El Dragos men rob the Straw Hat Pirates, who have run out of food and are close to starving. Luffy attacks them and accidentally smashes their boat in the process. El Drago retaliates using his Goe-Goe devil fruit powers, sending a powerful shock-wave that completely destroys the small boat and knocks the Going Merry away. Zoro dives into the sea to save Luffy, separating them from the rest of the Straw Hats, and finds Tobio, smelling food, Luffy, Zoro and Tobio use the remains of the boat to travel to a floating oden shop run by Tobios grandfather, Ganzo. Not having any cash, Luffy and Zoro accidentally perform an eat, El Drago and his crew land on Woonans island, where they encounter Usopp. Usopp convinces El Drago not to him by claiming to be a professional treasure hunter, and close friend of Woonan. Meanwhile, Luffy and Zoro, still chained together, chase after Luffys hat onto the island when it blows away in the wind, Tobio follows them and the group becomes lost. Nami finds Woonans crew, and Usopp lies about the location of the gold, however, El Drago decides to use his devil fruit powers instead, and Luffy, Zoro and Tobio follow the sound. Tobio attempts to attack El Drago, whose retaliation is blocked by Zoro. Zoro and El Dragos fight is cut short by Luffys leg getting caught on a rock and flinging them both across the island, Usopp and Nami use this distraction to escape, and regroup with Luffy and Zoro. Solving a riddle on Woonans map, the Straw Hats and Tobio find the cave in which Woonans treasure is buried, Ganzo reveals that he and Woonan were childhood friends, and that as children Ganzo and Woonan had fought over disagreeing with each others dreams. In this fight, the two were knocked off a face and onto a breaking branch, and Ganzo let himself fall in order to save Woonan. Unknown to Woonan, Ganzo was saved by a passing boat, the group find an old house where the gold is hidden, but El Drago catches up to them and fights Luffy and Zoro. El Drago is defeated, and in a room the group find Woonans skeleton. Before dying, Woonan realized that his treasure could not make him happy, and returned all the gold he stole, leaving nothing but his skeleton, Ganzo decides to build a grave for Woonan and continue running his oden shop, while Nami manages to steal El Dragos treasure. Ganzo refuses to accept the money for the oden, so that the Straw Hats will still owe him, as the Straw hats sail away, Tobio comments that Luffy really will become King of the pirates some day

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One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword
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One Piece, Norowareta Seiken is a 2004 Japanese animated film directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi and written by Yoshiyuki Suga. It is the animated film in the One Piece series which mostly focuses on Roronoa Zoro. Zoro is lured away from the crew by henchmen of his childhood friend Saga, in search of Zoro, the Straw Hats encounter the young priestess Maya. Luffy and Usopp get lost and meet Saga, while Sagas men attack Mayas village, Zoro, alongside them, takes three purple orbs from Maya, which none of Sagas men can touch. Luffy fights Saga, but during the encounter falls off a high cliff, Zoro returns to Saga with the orbs and disposes of them in a well. Luffy and Usopp find a tunnel system and explore it. There they stumble upon the orbs and take them along, after hearing the story, the Straw Hats decide to help. Zoro learns that Saga is controlled by the Seven-Star Sword and that Saga plans to him the swords first sacrifice. They start a fight during which Zoro attempts to destroy the cursed blade, using the orbs, Maya performs a ritual to keep the swords power from fully awakening. Saga defeats Zoro, but before he can kill him, the ritual catches his attention, after that, with the swords power unfolding, Saga fights Luffy a second time. During their fight, the sword crumbles and its power is transferred into Sagas body, Zoro appears, takes over for Luffy, and defeats his old friend. After the cursed power leaves Sagas body and his mind is freed from the evil influence, kazuya Nakai as Roronoa Zoro Mayumi Tanaka as Monkey D. First volume chapter list Asuka-tō Uragiri no Zoro, yōtō, Shichi Seiken Densetsu Second volume chapter list Sakusen Kaishi. Gishiki Chikara no Kaihō Kenshi Official website of Toei Animation

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One Piece Film: Strong World
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One Piece Film, Strong World or simply Strong World is a 2009 Japanese animated fantasy action adventure film directed by Munehisa Sakai. It is the feature film based on the shōnen manga series One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. The film features Naoto Takenaka as Shiki, the captain of his crew who kidnaps Nami to force her to join his crew. Monkey D. Luffy and his crew must stop Shiki from carrying out his plans, Shiki uses his Devil Fruit powers to destroy marine ships and warn Monkey D. Garp and Fleet Admiral Sengoku. On a floating island, Monkey D. Luffy is chased by a genetically-enhanced animal, the monster is overpowered by the other monsters before Luffy defeats the fourth monster. The Straw Hats have been separated into three groups, Sanji with Usopp, Roronoa Zoro with Tony Tony Chopper, and Nico Robin with Franky and Brook. Shiki tells Nami that she has taken to the island against her will and a brief flashback is shown, several days earlier. Luffy vows to protect the East Blue before witnessing Shikis ship overhead, after escaping a storm, Shiki meets Nami and reveals his powers to make any inanimate object he touches float. After learning it was Nami that delivered the warning, Shiki offers to them there before abducting Nami. The others try to rescue her, but Shiki makes the pirates scatter on the island, Shiki asks Nami to become his navigator but she refuses. His minion Doctor Indigo demonstrates an evolved bird called Billy, who can produce electricity and he reveals that a plant, called IQ, can cause animals to evolve instantly and to increase strength along the way. Nami protects Billy, and the bird is left with her as Shiki, meanwhile, Sanji and Usopp battle various animals while Sanji searches for Robin and Nami. Meanwhile, Zoro and Chopper rescue a girl, Xiao. However, long exposure to the plants is poisonous to humans. Xiao was looking for the cure which is the IQ plant, Sanji and Usopp learn that Shiki also takes all the men and young women to his royal palace, leaving the village with only the very young and old, before meeting up with Zoro and Chopper. Nami flees with the help of Billy, and finds the Thousand Sunny along with Luffy, the two join the others at the village, and they also learn of the plan from the village residents. Shiki confronts and defeats the Straw Hats and offers Nami to rejoin him on the condition that the Cocoyashi Village will be taken, robins group arrives and rejoin the rest of the crew. Xiao gives them a tone dial and they replay Namis farewell message to Luffy, meanwhile, Nami attempts to destroy the plants protecting his palace, but gets poisoned herself

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One Piece Film: Z
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One Piece Film, Z is a 2012 Japanese anime fantasy action adventure film directed by Tatsuya Nagamine. It is the feature film based on the shōnen manga series One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. The film stars the regular television cast of Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Hirata, Ikue Otani, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Kazuki Yao, and Chō. It also features Hōchū Ōtsuka as Zephyr, an ex-naval Admiral, with Ryoko Shinohara, the film revolves around the Straw Hat Pirates battling against Zephyr, considered to be the most powerful enemy theyve faced yet. While there, Zephyr steals the Dyna Stones and fights Kizaru before he starts an eruption to defeat the Admiral only to be sent flying into the ocean, while having a cherry blossom party, the Straw Hat Pirates discovers and heals Zephyr. When Zephyr learns that Monkey D. Luffy is a pirate, he fights Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, having discovered Zephyrs location with a Vivre Card, Ain and Binz join the ex-Admiral to fight them. Ain uses her Devil Fruit powers to de-age Nami, Tony Tony Chopper, Brook and Nico Robin, while Binz uses his Devil Fruit powers to trap Franky, Usopp and Brook with vines. Realizing that Luffy is the grandson of Monkey D. Garp, Zephyr attempts to kill them, at Marine Headquarters, the navy discovers Zephyrs whereabouts and decide to recover the Dyna Stones. Landing on Dock Island, Franky repairs the Thousand Sunny, which has been damaged by Zephyr and they meet Mobston, whose granddaughter reveals that pirates who come to this island say that they have been attacked by Zephyr. Mobston, angered by Zephyr destroying their pirates dreams, decides to give the Straw Hats his strongest equipment. While there, the Straw Hats gather information on Zephyrs location from the navy and meet up with Kuzan, using the Sea Train, the Straw Hats enter Secon Island just as the volcano erupts. They confront Zephyr, Ain and Binz, only to be defeated once again. Meanwhile, Garp reveals to Coby and Helmeppo that Zephyr once believed in the navys justice, Zephyr acquired a weapon developed by the navys scientist to defeat Devil Fruit users and organized a strike unit. However, when the pirate who attacked him was chosen to serve as a Warlord, Zephyr left the Navy, back on Dock Island, Kuzan reveals that Zephyr is targeting the three volcanic islands known as End Points. If all three islands erupt in a period of time of each other, it would result in a giant eruption covering the worlds oceans. The Straw Hats confront the Neo Marines on the third End Point and are victorious, Kizaru and the navy confront Zephyr and the Straw Hats but the ex-Admiral allows the Neo Marines, Kuzan and the Straw Hats to escape the island. As Zephyr fights to his death and Ain and Binz mourn their loss, in November 2011, Fuji Television announced that production on One Piece Film, Z has begun. On January 30,2012, Toei issued a release announcing the films plot and also announced the films director Tatsuya Nagamine

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One Piece discography
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A number of musical CDs have been created for the media franchise built around Eiichirō Odas manga One Piece. Various theme songs and character songs were released on a total of 49 singles, the television anime series currently consists of 36 pieces of theme music, eighteen opening themes and eighteen ending themes. As of episode 279, ending themes were omitted and, starting from episode 326 onwards, the sub-lists on compilation albums and singles list the releases peak position in Oricons weekly charts as well as the length of the releases chart run in weeks. Margaret Veira of Active Anime states that the television seriess background music sets the mood

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List of One Piece video games
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The One Piece video games series was published by Bandai and Banpresto, later as part of Bandai Namco Entertainment, and is based on Eiichiro Odas shonen manga and anime series of the same name. The games take place in the world of One Piece, and the stories revolve around the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirates. The games have released on a variety of video game. The series features various genres, mostly role-playing games—the predominant type in the series early years—and fighting games, the series debuted in Japan on July 19,2000 with One Piece, Mezase Kaizoku Ou. The series contains 38 games, not counting appearances in crossover titles, more than five years passed after the anime series debut, One Piece, Grand Battle. Rush, was released outside Japan on September 7,2005, out of thirty-eight games, eleven have been released in North America, two in Australia and thirteen in Europe. Japans large demand for such games leads its companies to produce the titles with haste, the One Piece series received a mixed reception, assessments ranged from slightly below or slightly above average to a grand video-game series. Bandai Americas One Piece games Website Bandais One Piece Website

One Piece
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One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueishas Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since July 19,1997, One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young man whose body gained the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit. With his crew of pirates, named the

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Sixty-first volume of One Piece, released in Japan by Shueisha on February 4, 2011

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Life-size reproductions of the main characters' two pirate ships, the Going Merry and the Thousand Sunny.

Manga
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Manga are comics created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century. They have a long and complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art, the term manga in Japan is a word used to refer to both comics and cartooning. Manga as a term used outside Japan refers to comics published i

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A kami-shibai story teller from Sazae-san by Machiko Hasegawa. Sazae appears with her hair in a bun.

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The kanji for "manga" from Seasonal Passersby (Shiki no Yukikai), 1798, by Santō Kyōden and Kitao Shigemasa.

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A manga store in Japan

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Eshinbun Nipponchi is credited as the first manga magazine ever made.

Monkey D. Luffy
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Straw Hat Luffy is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the One Piece manga series created by Eiichiro Oda. In One Piece, Luffy sails from the East Blue to the Grand Line in search of the legendary treasure One Piece to succeed Gol. D, roger as the King of the Pirates. He is the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates and along his journey an

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Monkey D. Luffy

Eponymous
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An eponym is a person, place, or thing for whom or for which something is named, or believed to be named. For example, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era, recent usage, especially in the recorded-music industry, also allows eponymous to mean named after its central character or creator. In ancient Greece, the eponymous arch

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The mythological Greek hero Orion is the eponym of the constellation Orion, shown here, and thus indirectly of the Orion spacecraft.

Straw Hats
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The One Piece manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries. The series storyline follows the adventures of a group of pirates as they search for the One Piece treasure. Monkey D. Luffy is the main protagonist, a

Shueisha
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Shueisha Inc. is a Japanese book and video game publisher headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded in 1925 as the publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company, magazines published by Shueisha include Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Young Jump, Non-no, and

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Shueisha Jimbocho Building in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Viz Media
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VIZ Media LLC is a Japanese-American manga, anime, and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC, in 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is jointly owned by Japanese publishers Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions. Seiji

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Former Viz Media headquarters in San Francisco

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VIZ Media, LLC

Shonen Jump (magazine)
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Shonen Jump, officially stylized SHONEN JUMP and abbreviated SJ, is a shōnen manga anthology published in North America by Viz Media. It debuted in November 2002 with the first issue having a January 2003 cover date and it features serialized chapters from four manga series, and articles on Japanese language and culture, as well as manga, anime, vi

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Shonen Jump Volume 1, Issue 1, cover dated January 2003

Gollancz Manga
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Victor Gollancz Ltd was a major British book publishing house of the twentieth century. Upon Gollanczs death in 1967, ownership passed to his daughter, Livia, Gollancz was left-inclined in politics and a supporter of socialist movements. This is reflected in some of the books he published, Victor Gollancz commissioned George Orwell to write about t

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A Gollancz edition of The Door into Summer, displaying the distinctive yellow dust jacket style.

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Victor Gollancz Ltd

Madman Entertainment
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Madman Entertainment is an Australian company that distributes Australian and foreign films as well as Japanese anime and manga in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. Madman is one of the entertainment companies in Australia. It employs approx 100 people and has a turnover of around A$50 million. Its headquarters is in Richmond, Victoria,

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Madman Entertainment

International Standard Book Number
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The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, the method of assigning

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A 13-digit ISBN, 978-3-16-148410-0, as represented by an EAN-13 bar code

List of One Piece characters
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The One Piece manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries. The series storyline follows the adventures of a group of pirates as they search for the One Piece treasure. Monkey D. Luffy is the main protagonist, a

Portgas D. Ace
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The One Piece manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries. The series storyline follows the adventures of a group of pirates as they search for the One Piece treasure. Monkey D. Luffy is the main protagonist, a

Bartholomew Kuma
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The One Piece manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries. The series storyline follows the adventures of a group of pirates as they search for the One Piece treasure. Monkey D. Luffy is the main protagonist, a

List of One Piece manga volumes
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One Piece is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda that has been translated into various languages and spawned a substantial media franchise. It follows the adventures of the seventeen-year-old boy Monkey D, in Japan, the series is published by Shueisha—chapterwise in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since the magazine

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First volume of One Piece, released in Japan by Shueisha on December 24, 1997

List of One Piece episodes (season 1)
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The first season of the One Piece anime series was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Konosuke Uda. The season is adapted from the first twelve volumes of the manga by Eiichiro Oda and aired on Fuji Television from October 20,1999 through March 21,2001, totalling 62 episodes. The first season depicts the exploits of the pirate captain Monk

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The first volume of the first season DVD compilations released in Japan by Toei Animation.

List of One Piece episodes (season 2)
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The second season of the One Piece anime series was directed by Kōnosuke Uda and produced by Toei Animation. Luffys Straw Hat Pirates in a sea, called the Grand Line. Stuck in the bowels of the giant whale Laboon, they encounter the whales caretaker, an old man named Crocus, and Nefeltari Vivi. Taking her with them, they make enemies of the Warlord

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The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Toei Animation of the second season.

List of One Piece episodes (season 3)
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It was originally licensed for a heavily edited dub by 4Kids Entertainment. This editing included removing some of the episodes from the list, later, Funimation acquired the licensed to release the season uncut and mostly unedited, as well as releasing an English subtitled version along with the redubbing. The third season deals with the Straw Hat

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The cover of the first DVD compilation of the third season released by Toei Animation.

List of One Piece episodes (season 4)
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The fourth season of the One Piece anime series was directed by Konosuke Uda and produced by Toei Animation. Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, the first 17 episodes, dealing with Nefertari Vivi and the Straw Hats as they arrive in Alabasta to stop a civil war from happening, make up the Arabasta Jōriku arc.

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The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Toei Animation of the fourth season.

List of One Piece episodes (season 5)
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The fifth season of the One Piece anime series was directed by Kōnosuke Uda and produced by Toei Animation. The first five episodes, each following their own plots, form the Dreams, the next three episodes make up the Shutsugeki. Zenii Kaizoku Dan storyline and focus on the Straw Hats meeting an old moneylender, the last five episodes form the Niji

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The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Toei Animation of the fifth season.

List of One Piece episodes (season 6)
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The sixth season of the One Piece anime series, split into two Sky Island chapters, was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Konosuke Uda based on Eiichiro Odas manga by the same name. It was licensed by Funimation as the first season after 4Kids Entertainment dropped their heavily edited dubbing. The sixth season deals primarily with the St

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The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Toei Animation of the sixth season.

List of One Piece episodes (season 7)
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The seventh season of the One Piece anime series are produced by Toei Animation and directed by Kōnosuke Uda adapted from Eiichiro Odas manga of the same name. The season was released in Japan as a chapter, called Escape. The Naval Fortress & The Foxy Pirate Crew and it deals with the Straw Hat Pirates infiltration of and escape from a Marine fortr

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The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Toei Animation of the seventh season.

List of One Piece episodes (season 8)
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The eighth season of the One Piece anime series contains The Water Seven Chapter. Its episodes are directed by Kōnosuke Uda and Munehisa Sakai and produced by Toei Animation, the episodes are based on Eiichirō Odas One Piece manga series, and adapt the 34th through 39th volumes of its source material over thirty-five episodes. They initially ran fr

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The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Toei Animation of the eighth season.

List of One Piece episodes (season 9)
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The ninth season of the One Piece anime series was directed by Kōnosuke Uda and produced by Toei Animation. Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and it is divided into the Enies Lobby story arc and the special arc Mugiwara Gekijō & Mugiwara Kaizoku Dan. Afterwards, they avoid annihilation by the military operati

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The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Toei Animation of the ninth season.

List of One Piece episodes (season 10)
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It deals with the meeting and recruitment of Brook in a mysterious mist. There, the crew comes across Thriller Bark captained by Gecko Moria, the season began airing on Fuji Television on January 6,2008 and ended on December 14,2008, lasting 45 episodes. Thirteen compilations of the season has been released so far as of July 7,2010 The first DVD re

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The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Toei Animation of the tenth season.

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The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Toei Animation of the eleventh season.

List of One Piece episodes (season 12)
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The twelfth season of the One Piece anime series was directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto and produced by Toei Animation. The remaining 4 episodes give insight into the fates of Luffys crew, while he travels to Impel Down, the season initially ran from July 5 through October 11,2009 on Fuji Television in Japan. The first two DVD compilations were released

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The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Toei Animation of the twelfth season.

List of One Piece episodes (season 13)
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The thirteenth season of the One Piece anime series titled Impel Down, was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto based on Eiichiro Odas manga by the same name. It deals with the imprisonment of Luffys brother Portgas D, ace and Luffys attempt to infiltrate the great prison Impel Down to save him. Luffy meets several old enemi

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The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Toei Animation of the thirteen season.

List of One Piece episodes (season 14)
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The fourteenth season of the One Piece anime series was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto. The season began broadcasting in Japan on Fuji Television on July 18,2010, the season focuses on Monkey D. Luffy as he tries to save his brother Portgas D. Ace. The first is titled Marineford, which adapts the 56th to 59th volumes o

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The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Toei Animation of the fourteenth season.

List of One Piece films
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Since the premiere of the series on television, Toei Animation has also produced thirteen One Piece feature films, traditionally released during the Japanese school spring break since 2000. The first three films were less than a long and played as part of a double-bill with other anime films. In typical fashion for films based on serialized manga,

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The cover of the first film's DVD release

One Piece: The Movie
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One Piece, The Movie is a 2000 anime film released by Toei Company. It is the first film based on the manga franchise One Piece. It was originally released on March 4,2000 as part of the Spring 2000 Toei Anime Fair, alongside Digimon Adventure, while traveling to the treasure, El Dragos men rob the Straw Hat Pirates, who have run out of food and ar

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Japanese DVD release cover

One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword
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One Piece, Norowareta Seiken is a 2004 Japanese animated film directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi and written by Yoshiyuki Suga. It is the animated film in the One Piece series which mostly focuses on Roronoa Zoro. Zoro is lured away from the crew by henchmen of his childhood friend Saga, in search of Zoro, the Straw Hats encounter the young priestess

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Cover of the DVD release of One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword.

One Piece Film: Strong World
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One Piece Film, Strong World or simply Strong World is a 2009 Japanese animated fantasy action adventure film directed by Munehisa Sakai. It is the feature film based on the shōnen manga series One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. The film features Naoto Takenaka as Shiki, the captain of his crew who kidnaps Nami to force her to join his crew. Monkey D. Luff

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Original theatrical release poster

One Piece Film: Z
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One Piece Film, Z is a 2012 Japanese anime fantasy action adventure film directed by Tatsuya Nagamine. It is the feature film based on the shōnen manga series One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. The film stars the regular television cast of Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Hirata, Ikue Otani, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Kazuki Yao

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Japanese release poster

One Piece discography
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A number of musical CDs have been created for the media franchise built around Eiichirō Odas manga One Piece. Various theme songs and character songs were released on a total of 49 singles, the television anime series currently consists of 36 pieces of theme music, eighteen opening themes and eighteen ending themes. As of episode 279, ending themes

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The One Piece logo, as seen on many of the series' CD covers

List of One Piece video games
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The One Piece video games series was published by Bandai and Banpresto, later as part of Bandai Namco Entertainment, and is based on Eiichiro Odas shonen manga and anime series of the same name. The games take place in the world of One Piece, and the stories revolve around the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirates. The games have

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The One Piece logo, as seen on many of the series' video game covers on almost all games released in 2000-2003